Canadian Literature
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From "Mrs. Filly" 1942From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Madame Pouliche," here translated by David Homel as "Mrs. Filly," first appeared in La Fin du voyage, and in 1962 it was included in Gerard Bessette’s Anthologie Albert … | Albert Laberge | 13 | 1997 | $0.78 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 11Cigarettes |
Wood notes that some of his "lowest moments of addiction" were related to cigarettes, certain he wouldn’t be able to escape them. He describes the withdrawal as more constant than … | Alex Wood | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
From "Mother Soubert’s Pig" 1944From: The Quebec Anthology |
A study of primitivism, violence, and eroticism, in which characters struggle, often in vain, against basic and sometimes brutal human passions, it is a startling and disturbing work by a writer … | Yves Theriault | 9 | 1997 | $0.54 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 12Red Meat |
Eating red meat wasn’t out of his control. However, Wood didn’t want to be a part of the climate problems connected to red meat. Nora is the next guest on his podcast. She remarks … | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From "Fleur-de-Mai" 1945From: The Quebec Anthology |
Long considered one of Quebec’s most important poets—a special issue of the literary magazine Liberté was devoted to his work in 1960—Grandbois also distinguished himself … | Alain Grandbois | 11 | 1997 | $0.66 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 13Dairy |
Wood cleverly begins the chapter by using an "unhealthy alcohol use" questionnaire and makes dairy the subject instead. The results are telling. Wood notes that overeating was similar … | Alex Wood | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
From "Happiness" 1946From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Le bonheur," translated here as "Happiness" by Wayne Grady, is a tale of urban despair, taken from Ringuet’s only book of short stories, L’Heritage (1946). The … | Ringuet | 11 | 1997 | $0.66 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 14Porn |
Wood describes his inroduction to porn and his strange relationship with it. Quitting porn wasn’t the biggest struggle of the month, however. Wood’s health was still suffering, and … | Alex Wood | 9 | 2021 | $0.90 Add |
From "The Torrent" 1947From: The Quebec Anthology |
The short story "Au bord du torrent" was published in October 1947 in Amerique française, and appeared in book form in 1950, when Le Torrent won the Belgian Royal Academy’s … | Anne Hébert | 36 | 1997 | $2.16 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 15Credit Cards |
Wood explains how credit cards were more a vessel to acquiring other vices than being a vice. Setting boundaries on how credit cards would be used was the fight at hand. | Alex Wood | 4 | 2021 | $0.40 Add |
From "Last Rites" 1960From: The Quebec Anthology |
Bessette’s only book of short stories, La Garden-Party de Christophine, was published in 1980 and has never been completely translated. It contains stories from many periods in … | Gérard Bessette | 12 | 1997 | $0.72 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 16Gossip |
Communcation and sharing stories is natural for humans, Wood notes, before explaining how gossip can have similarities to the highs and lows of other addictions. Though tempted early on, Wood … | Alex Wood | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From "A Case of Sorcery" 1963From: The Quebec Anthology |
"L’Enchantement," translated here as "A Case of Sorcery" by David Homel, is from Ceux du Chemin-Taché (1963). "It took me many years to realize just how much … | Adrien Thério | 9 | 1997 | $0.54 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 17Sugar |
Wood notes how difficult it is to quit sugar, especially with its ubiquity in everyday life and the general lack of support when accomplishing one’s goal. Changing one’s habits was … | Alex Wood | 6 | 2021 | $0.60 Add |
From "The Chronicles of l’Anse Saint-Roch" 1968From: The Quebec Anthology |
In 1968, a complete edition of Perron’s stories appeared. Called simply Contes, it included the stories from the two earlier collections as well as four previously unpublished stories, one … | Jacques Ferron | 15 | 1997 | $0.90 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 18Social Media |
Wood compares two equations: the number of hours on the Apollo mission over eleven years and the number of combined hours humanity spent on social media in 2019. Quitting social media isn’t … | Alex Wood | 14 | 2021 | $1.40 Add |